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A 6 page memorandum study. The first part of the paper is a memo announcing policy change to featuring reader-based vs writer-based writing, explaining what it is and why the shift is beneficial. The second part of the paper provides a rewrite of two memos, transforming them from writer-based to a reader-based perspective. Includes a table comparing the two perspectives and characteristics of each. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KScommReadWrit.rtf
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I am writing to explain a shift in policy, one regarding the written communications on which we rely so heavily. We all spend much of
our days reading these communications - or forcing ourselves to read them - primarily because it is a necessary part of our jobs and we need to have the information
they hold. These letters, memos and emails typically are produced from the needs of the writer, rather than addressing the needs of the reader.
The change in policy is that we will be reversing the standard priority. Implementation will take some time and will not be instantaneous, but as is the
case in everything else to which the group is dedicated, everyone will be expected to be working toward the same end. Specifically, the style of written communications throughout the
organization will shift to reader-based writing. Reader-based writing is just that: writing based on the needs of the reader, rather than being based
on the needs of the writer. "Reader-based writing is that in which deliberate attempts are made to hold the readers attention. It differs from writer-based writing in the degree
to which it focuses on the readers, rather than the writers, expectations" (Course Guide, 1993; p. 2-4). This is not to say that
we all must instantly transform ourselves into prose writers worthy of becoming best sellers should we all decide to write novels. What it means is that from this point
forward, all us are to give our writing more attention and try to anticipate - and address - future readers questions. The purpose of reader-based writing is not to
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